different between rackable vs trackable

English

Etymology

rack +? -able

Adjective

rackable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being mounted in a rack.
   • 2009, Carol Baroudi, Jeffrey Hill, Arnold Reinhold, Green IT For Dummies

     Figure 9-2 shows a typical server in a rackable form factor, for contrast, and Figure 9-3 shows a typical large rack used in a data center.

   • 2009, Robert Shimonski, Chris Basile, Pro Tools 8 Kit (page 10)

     The 003 line is nothing more than a rackable version of expanded Mbox technology.

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English

Etymology

• track +? -able

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?æk?b?l/

Adjective

trackable (comparative more trackable, superlative most trackable)

1. Able to be tracked, or worthy of being tracked.
   • 1869, George Walter Thornbury, Old Stories Retold (1879), pg. 231:

     The footsteps were trackable near the grass, but not on it, and were visible on the harrowed ground.

   • 1971, Wernher von Braun, "Mariner 9 to Mars," Popular Science, November 1971, pg. 64:

     The long flight to Mars and the even longer orbiting time of a precisely trackable spacecraft will enable scientists to refine the accuracy of our data bank on true distances across the solar system, the exact shape of the planet Mars, and possible anomalies in its gravitational field caused by mass concentrations (mascons).

   • 2007, "Report Faults NASA on Equipment Losses," Bloomberg News, in The New York Times, July 26, 2007:

     Instead of tightening controls, it relaxed them, making $10,000 the minimum value for trackable items, instead of $5,000, the report said.

Noun

trackable (plural trackables)

1. Any object capable of being tracked.